GRE Word List

ENDEMIC

belonging or native to a particular people or country

The meaning of the word endemic is belonging or native to a particular people or country.

Random words

WordMeaning
decapitateto cut off the head of : behead
stalematea drawing position in chess in which a player is not in checkmate but has no legal move to play
rationalhaving reason or understanding
patinaa usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
vertigoa sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
latentpresent and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic
procurementthe act or process of procuring
lassitudea condition of weariness or debility : fatigue
unsightlynot pleasing to the sight : not comely